Description: About Eastern literature, what makes it unique to the Western literature and the most popular Eastern literary works and authors.
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Eastern literature is marked by the unique Eastern culture, traditions and philosophy which has also profoundly influenced the Western literature. One of the best examples are the Jewish and Arabic literary works, the influence of which can be found all over the world, not only in the Western literary art. But as a result of the world becoming more closely connected, other Eastern literary forms and styles have found their way into the Western market as well and opened a whole new world to the Western reade
Of Eastern literatures, the Jewish literature has influenced the development of literary art in the West the most. The Hebrew Bible which was written sometime between the 10th and 6th centuries BCE became the basis for the Christian Bible which has changed the Western culture and literature forever. Similar affect achieved the Qur’an, the most important and the finest example of Arabic literary art which has profoundly influenced the literary development in the Muslim world as well as in countries that used
As a result of limited contacts, Japanese, Chinese and Indian literatures caught the attention of the Western world relatively late. Despite that, many works and authors received a huge success on the international literary scene, while their popularity tends to be on the rise because they offer a unique insight into the Far Eastern philosophy, culture and mentality which is strikingly different from that in the West. The greatest attention are receiving philosophical literary works by prominent philosopher